Blue Birds {by Dounia Massive}

Hello pals, it is Dounia with you for one more ‘With 3 Issues’ put up.

This function on the PaperArtsy Weblog is the place 3 bloggers are despatched 3 objects to incorporate of their mission. Now we have no clue what PaperArtsy HQ goes to ship us, there is likely to be a slight variation (for instance on this spherical we every had been despatched totally different stamps units from the identical launch) however typically 2 of the three issues will probably be similar.

My thriller package deal contained the stamp set FP019 by France Papillon, a pack of Printed Tissue PT08 by Alison Bomber and the PaperArtsy Small Songbird die to play with. the subsequent weblog subject is ‘Ink Pads’ which I selected as inspiration and so as to add one other problem into this mission. I targeted on a quad of blue Versamagic Ink pads by Tsukineko.

With all of that, I made a trio of tags! They’re interactive to suit into the general theme of ‘Hidden’. Although I need to admit I used to be extra targeted on the technical processes and scrambled on the finish to place all the pieces collectively in a cohesive completed mission…

VersaMagic are very pigmented inks and boast nice opacity. I needed to discover their layering prospects and the way totally different they’d look relying on the background. So I began conservatively with two tags with most worth distinction: one white and one black. I made a decision to make the most of the blue gradient to implement certainly one of my favorite stamping method: constructing depth with repeat stamping and color worth.

I began with the color closest to the background, so the lightest on white and the darkest on black and lined many of the area. That is seem the ‘furthest away’ because it blends to most with background.

I then picked the subsequent shade and lined barely much less of the tags to create a barely ‘nearer’ layer.

I believe you get the ink: the color turns into extra of a distinction because the background and the stamping covers much less area.

Ultimate color, similar course of! I cherished how the ink exhibits up on the black however the mass of strains had been turning into very complicated – I wanted one thing to make the foreground pop. As Versamagic is a water-based ink, you may dilute it with water when moist (however it should set completely as soon as dry). I used the clear tones created with the water mix to color components of the lightest stones and spotlight them.

To be fairly frank, I most popular the tunnel impact created by the berry stamp so I did a model on black, reversing the color order. I believe the depth works on each of them however with very totally different vibes!

This close-up highlights how the layering close to the perimeters contributes to the depth, not simply he color. Additionally the black paper is barely textured, which is basically evident in macro!

My subsequent thought was fairly experimental for me. PaperArtsy Tissue is printed by the off-set technique, that means precise ink is on the floor. It might subsequently theoretically be used for picture switch on a gel plate… As VersaMagic is a sluggish drying pigment ink, I believed it could possibly be a great candidate for coordinated prints. I got down to strive:

I inked by gel pate, took a print with chosen part of Printed Tissue (I used to be cautious to place the printed facet on the plate, typically), then shortly took a second print with a black piece of paper. Success!

The outcomes are fairly refined however I really like the dreamy ambiance they create. The switch is usually extra apparent with daring designs just like the titles however the botanicals additionally work. I had the outcomes with the darker ink, as the opposite didn’t create sufficient distinction for the switch to be actually seen. Additionally my gel plate is now blue.

Between the print and the colored tissue, I had fairly sufficient materials to die minimize birds and end the tags.